Table of Contents
Introduction 1
A Note on the Texts 33
Reviews 39
Mr. Whistler's Ten O'Clock (1885) 41
Dinners and Dishes (1885) 51
A Handbook to Marriage (1885) 56
Great Writers by Little Men (1887) 59
Aristotle At Afternoon Tea (1887) 67
From "A Chinese Sage" (1890) 73
From "Mr. Pater's Last Volume" (1890) 85
Essays and Dialogues 91
From "The Philosophy of Dress" (1885) 93
The American Invasion (1887) 103
The American Man (1887) 113
From "London Models" (1889) 122
From "The Soul of Man Under Socialism" (1891) 135
From Intentions (1891) 183
From "The Decay of Lying" 184
Pen Pencil and Poison 245
From "The Critic as Artist" 285
From "The Truth of Masks" 313
Letters to the Press 321
From "Woman's Dress" (1884) 323
To Read, or Not to Read (1886) 330
From "Fashions in Dress" (1891) 337
Puppets and Actors (1892) 343
Epigrams and Paradoxes 351
Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) 353
A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894) 358
Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young (1894) 362
Further Reading 371
Illustration Credits 377
Acknowledgments 379
Index 381